Burden of Power

Andrey Konchalovsky's project "Burden of Power" is about unpopular decisions of heads of state and political figures in power. The heroes of the cycle "Burden of power" can not be called fighters for liberal ideas, but they paradoxically had a huge impact on the fate and development of their countries.

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Created By

Andrei Konchalovsky

Status

Ended

Original Name

Бремя Власти

First Air Date

January 1, 2004

Last Air Date

January 1, 2012

Seasons

Episodes

Language

Russian

Production Companies

Production Center of Andrei Konchalovsky

Networks

Russia-1

S01E03

Leonid Kuchma / Battle for Ukraine

The cold war is long gone. Uncle Sam with a bomb in his hand and an evil Bolshevik with a hammer and sickle are now only bright pictures from history textbooks. The Russians are no longer trying to smuggle nuclear warheads into Cuba, the Americans are no longer Napalm-burning the Communist threat in Vietnam, the Soviet Politburo is no longer ordering troops into Afghanistan to establish a loyal government. The two superpowers have long since stopped tearing the planet apart, and thank God. But have they stopped?

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